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Noun
S:
(n)
tank
,
army tank
,
armored combat vehicle
,
armoured combat vehicle
(an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads)
S:
(n)
tank
,
storage tank
(a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
aquarium
,
fish tank
,
marine museum
(a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals)
S:
(n)
fishbowl
,
fish bowl
,
goldfish bowl
(a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept)
S:
(n)
Marineland
(a commercial aquarium featuring trained dolphins)
S:
(n)
cistern
,
water tank
(a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet)
S:
(n)
gas holder
,
gasometer
(a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel)
S:
(n)
gas tank
,
gasoline tank
,
petrol tank
(a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle)
S:
(n)
reservoir
(tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil))
S:
(n)
cistern
(an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater)
S:
(n)
cesspool
,
cesspit
,
sink
,
sump
(a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it)
S:
(n)
rain barrel
(a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater)
S:
(n)
sump
(an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine)
S:
(n)
water tower
(a large reservoir for water)
S:
(n)
septic tank
(large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria)
S:
(n)
water heater
,
hot-water heater
,
hot-water tank
(a heater and storage tank to supply heated water)
S:
(n)
water back
(water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
tank
,
tankful
(as much as a tank will hold)
S:
(n)
tank car
,
tank
(a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk)
S:
(n)
cooler
,
tank
(a cell for violent prisoners)
Verb
S:
(v)
tank
(store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it)
S:
(v)
tank
(consume excessive amounts of alcohol)
S:
(v)
tank
(treat in a tank)
"tank animal refuse"